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1934 Paris, France - 2019 Paris, France. Known for: Abstraction and realism, studio interiors, staircases and plant form images.
SAM SZAFRAN (PARIS, 1934 - PARIS, 2019). Born Samuel Berger in Paris in 1934 to Polish immigrants, Sam Szafran took the maiden name of his mother when he began to sign his works in the 1960s.... Read full biography
SAM SZAFRAN (PARIS, 1934 - PARIS, 2019). Born Samuel Berger in Paris in 1934 to Polish immigrants, Sam Szafran took the maiden name of his mother when he began to sign his works in the 1960s. Although he was briefly enrolled at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière in Paris in the mid 1950’s, he was... Read full biography
SAM SZAFRAN (PARIS, 1934 - PARIS, 2019). Born Samuel Berger in Paris in 1934 to Polish immigrants, Sam Szafran took the maiden name of his mother when he began to sign his works in the 1960s. Although he was briefly enrolled at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière in Paris in the mid 1950’s, he was largely self-taught as an artist. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1957 and two years later at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. While his earliest work was based in abstraction, from... Read full biography
SAM SZAFRAN (PARIS, 1934 - PARIS, 2019). Born Samuel Berger in Paris in 1934 to Polish immigrants, Sam Szafran took the maiden name of his mother when he began to sign his works in the 1960s. Although he was briefly enrolled at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière in Paris in the mid 1950’s, he was largely self-taught as an artist. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1957 and two years later at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. While his earliest work was based in abstraction, from around 1960 onwards he began to depict representational subjects, drawn in dry pastels, charcoal or watercolour. Content with studying a limited range of subjects - notably studio interiors, staircases and plant forms - . Szafran produced numerous... Read full biography
SAM SZAFRAN (PARIS, 1934 - PARIS, 2019). Born Samuel Berger in Paris in 1934 to Polish immigrants, Sam Szafran took the maiden name of his mother when he began to sign his works in the 1960s. Although he was briefly enrolled at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière in Paris in the mid 1950’s, he was largely self-taught as an artist. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1957 and two years later at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. While his earliest work was based in abstraction, from around 1960 onwards he began to depict representational subjects, drawn in dry pastels, charcoal or watercolour. Content with studying a limited range of subjects - notably studio interiors, staircases and plant forms - . Szafran produced numerous drawings, each characterized by a very skillful handling of the medium and an abiding interest in perspectival effects. From 1965 onward... Read full biography
Sam (Samuel Berger) Szafran - Artist Info
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Interior Scenes
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Salon des Independents
- •Salon des Realites Nouvelles